NHC AL041992 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Andrew (1992)
August 16, 1992 – August 28, 1992
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Andrew peaked at Category 5 with 173 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 248 US cities, 148 of them while still at hurricane strength.
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Andrew in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Andrew for 12 days, from August 16, 1992 to August 28, 1992. Its first position, at 10.8°N 35.5°W, records it as a tropical depression; its last, at 35.4°N 84.0°W, as a tropical depression. It reached tropical-storm strength on August 17, hurricane strength on August 22 and major-hurricane strength on August 23. Its peak was 173 mph (150 knots), Category 5, on August 23, and its lowest central pressure was 922 millibars on August 23. It spent about 4 days at hurricane strength. HURDAT2 marks 3 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site; they were on August 24 at 167 mph (Category 5), 10 miles from Cutler Bay, FL; on August 24 at 167 mph (Category 5), 6 miles from Cutler Bay, FL; on August 26 at 115 mph (Category 3), 11 miles from Franklin, LA. It has 2 more landfalls in the record farther from the cities here. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 248 US cities, in 3 states, most in Louisiana (144) and Florida (66), between August 24 and August 27. The strongest pass was 167 mph (Category 5) 14 miles from Key Biscayne, FL; the centre came closest to Roxie, MS, 1 mile away. 148 of the cities had it at hurricane strength at the closest point, 88 at major-hurricane strength. It reached more US cities than 64% of the 737 storms on this site, and ranks 2nd of the 4 storms of 1992 here.
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- Cities within 75 mi
- 248
- At hurricane strength
- 148
- States
- 3
173 mph
when closest
Cities Andrew passed near, strongest first
Florida (66)
- Key BiscayneCategory 5 · 14 mi
- Coral GablesCategory 5 · 17 mi
- Miami BeachCategory 5 · 22 mi
- Miami ShoresCategory 5 · 24 mi
- Bay Harbor IslandsCategory 5 · 27 mi
- North MiamiCategory 5 · 27 mi
- Opa LockaCategory 5 · 28 mi
- North Miami BeachCategory 5 · 30 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachCategory 5 · 31 mi
- Miami GardensCategory 5 · 31 mi
- AventuraCategory 5 · 32 mi
- Hallandale BeachCategory 5 · 34 mi
- HollywoodCategory 5 · 36 mi
- Dania BeachCategory 5 · 38 mi
- DavieCategory 5 · 39 mi
- Fort LauderdaleCategory 5 · 44 mi
- Lauderdale LakesCategory 5 · 45 mi
- Wilton ManorsCategory 5 · 45 mi
- LauderhillCategory 5 · 47 mi
- Oakland ParkCategory 5 · 47 mi
- North LauderdaleCategory 5 · 49 mi
- MargateCategory 5 · 52 mi
- Pompano BeachCategory 5 · 52 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 5 · 54 mi
- Deerfield BeachCategory 5 · 56 mi
- Boca RatonCategory 5 · 60 mi
- Delray BeachCategory 5 · 66 mi
- Boynton BeachCategory 5 · 71 mi
- AtlantisCategory 5 · 75 mi
- Palmetto BayCategory 5 · 9 mi
- South MiamiCategory 5 · 14 mi
- MiramarCategory 5 · 34 mi
- PlantationCategory 5 · 43 mi
- Cutler BayCategory 5 · 4 mi
- MiamiCategory 5 · 17 mi
- Key LargoCategory 5 · 26 mi
- HialeahCategory 5 · 26 mi
- Miami LakesCategory 5 · 28 mi
- TamaracCategory 5 · 49 mi
- Coral SpringsCategory 5 · 54 mi
- DoralCategory 5 · 23 mi
- Pembroke PinesCategory 5 · 36 mi
- SunriseCategory 5 · 45 mi
- HomesteadCategory 5 · 1 mi
- TavernierCategory 5 · 36 mi
- WestonCategory 5 · 40 mi
- Florida CityCategory 5 · 6 mi
- IslamoradaCategory 5 · 42 mi
- MarathonCategory 4 · 58 mi
- Marco IslandCategory 4 · 20 mi
- NaplesCategory 4 · 37 mi
- Bonita SpringsCategory 4 · 47 mi
- SanibelCategory 4 · 51 mi
- EsteroCategory 4 · 52 mi
- Fort Myers BeachCategory 4 · 53 mi
- ImmokaleeCategory 4 · 53 mi
- St James CityCategory 4 · 58 mi
- Fort MyersCategory 4 · 62 mi
- Big Pine KeyCategory 4 · 64 mi
- Cape CoralCategory 4 · 65 mi
and 6 more
Louisiana (144)
- Golden MeadowCategory 4 · 49 mi
- MontegutCategory 4 · 44 mi
- GallianoCategory 4 · 54 mi
- Cut OffCategory 4 · 57 mi
- LafitteCategory 4 · 73 mi
- ChauvinCategory 4 · 38 mi
- LaroseCategory 4 · 53 mi
- LockportCategory 4 · 55 mi
- HoumaCategory 4 · 43 mi
- RacelandCategory 3 · 52 mi
- Des AllemandsCategory 3 · 64 mi
- GrayCategory 3 · 43 mi
- SchrieverCategory 3 · 40 mi
- BoutteCategory 3 · 69 mi
- LulingCategory 3 · 72 mi
- ThibodauxCategory 3 · 43 mi
- HahnvilleCategory 3 · 70 mi
- DestrehanCategory 3 · 72 mi
- Morgan CityCategory 3 · 20 mi
- BerwickCategory 3 · 17 mi
- PattersonCategory 3 · 13 mi
- NorcoCategory 3 · 71 mi
- VacherieCategory 2 · 53 mi
- FranklinCategory 2 · 2 mi
- NapoleonvilleCategory 2 · 34 mi
- ReserveCategory 2 · 63 mi
- La PlaceCategory 2 · 68 mi
- PaulinaCategory 2 · 53 mi
- LutcherCategory 2 · 55 mi
- GramercyCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Pierre PartCategory 2 · 25 mi
- Belle RoseCategory 2 · 34 mi
- JeaneretteCategory 2 · 3 mi
- DonaldsonvilleCategory 2 · 40 mi
- SorrentoCategory 2 · 49 mi
- New IberiaCategory 2 · 9 mi
- DelcambreCategory 1 · 20 mi
- ErathCategory 1 · 23 mi
- AbbevilleCategory 1 · 29 mi
- BroussardCategory 1 · 15 mi
- YoungsvilleCategory 1 · 18 mi
- MauriceCategory 1 · 26 mi
- KaplanCategory 1 · 38 mi
- MorseCategory 1 · 49 mi
- GueydanCategory 1 · 51 mi
- Lake ArthurCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Saint MartinvilleCategory 1 · 6 mi
- DusonCategory 1 · 28 mi
- CrowleyCategory 1 · 41 mi
- JenningsCategory 1 · 58 mi
- WelshCategory 1 · 68 mi
- LafayetteCategory 1 · 21 mi
- RayneCategory 1 · 34 mi
- ScottCategory 1 · 25 mi
- White CastleCategory 1 · 32 mi
- IotaCategory 1 · 49 mi
- Breaux BridgeCategory 1 · 11 mi
- CarencroCategory 1 · 22 mi
- GeismarCategory 1 · 40 mi
- GonzalesCategory 1 · 45 mi
and 84 more
Mississippi (38)
- WoodvilleTropical storm · 3 mi
- CentrevilleTropical storm · 18 mi
- GlosterTropical storm · 17 mi
- LibertyTropical storm · 29 mi
- NatchezTropical storm · 14 mi
- RoxieTropical storm · 1 mi
- LormanTropical storm · 23 mi
- Port GibsonTropical storm · 33 mi
- Bogue ChittoTropical storm · 38 mi
- BrookhavenTropical storm · 39 mi
- WessonTropical storm · 44 mi
- HazlehurstTropical storm · 46 mi
- MagnoliaTropical storm · 46 mi
- UticaTropical storm · 50 mi
- Crystal SpringsTropical storm · 55 mi
- JayessTropical storm · 55 mi
- MonticelloTropical storm · 58 mi
- VicksburgTropical storm · 58 mi
- EdwardsTropical storm · 62 mi
- TerryTropical storm · 62 mi
- TylertownTropical storm · 63 mi
- RaymondTropical storm · 63 mi
- Silver CreekTropical storm · 65 mi
- NewhebronTropical storm · 68 mi
- FlowoodTropical storm · 69 mi
- ByramTropical storm · 69 mi
- BoltonTropical storm · 72 mi
- FlorenceTropical storm · 72 mi
- FoxworthTropical storm · 73 mi
- PrentissTropical storm · 73 mi
- ClintonTropical storm · 74 mi
- RichlandTropical storm · 74 mi
- BraxtonTropical storm · 75 mi
- FayetteTropical storm · 7 mi
- MeadvilleTropical storm · 11 mi
- SmithdaleTropical storm · 27 mi
- SummitTropical storm · 38 mi
- MccombTropical storm · 42 mi
Other storms of the 1992 season
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.